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I have been messing around with my new Nokta pulsedive with 8" coil and found this handle in the ocean. Was a real mystery when I found it with an incredible amount of build up of whatever you call that corrosion product. Turned out to be some sort of iron handle (which I had guessed it might...

Just wondering if there are any auto refrigeration mechanics out there who could give me some advice? I've got a 76 series Landcruiser and the aircon is playing up. The compressor pumps and cools efficiently and has a full charge of refrigerant. But when ambient conditions get hot, it seems...

I've got a lot of specimen sands in a poverty pot that I have collected over the last 40 odd years. Given the gold price I thought it might be worth the effort, so I decided to make a blue bowl to see how they worked and if so whether it would be good for processing the sands. I made this out of...

Whenever some gadget stuffs up, and when all else fails, I generally pull it apart and have a go at fixing it before I chuck it out. In a lot of peoples minds the first (and only) option is bin it. My grown-up kids are classic examples. My motto is you can't stuff it if it's already stuffed so...

Not gold related sorry but thought someone here might be into bottles and could help. I was cleaning out my shed and came across an old bottle I found diving about 30 years ago under the Albany jetty. I gave it a shake and noticed all this material inside. It looked like cellophane that had...

Hi, my father passed away recently and I am selling his detector and associated gear on behalf of the family. It's a good stable machine and the gear has always been well looked after, batteries kept charged etc. It is in good condition and hasn't seen much use in recent years. Will be going on...

I just took some major bark off my shin and it is taking forever to heal. My daughter who is an OT put me onto a product called Inadine which I hadn't heard of before. It is a non-stick open weave mesh similar to flyscreen that is embedded with iodine. I started using it but waited too long...

Hi all, I have over 30 years experience in metal detecting for gold but not for relics apart from messing around a bit down the beach with an old gold bug that I have. I am thinking of going to visit a friend in Scotland and wouldn't mind doing some detecting over there. So, all you experienced...

Hi, just wondering if anyone has had experience detecting near operating machinery eg small excavator and whether there is any electrical interference issues to deal with when the machine is running. We have a 4500 and a 7000 and were wondering if they have problems in that regard and if so what...